David Killeen

Cricky Sea, Sandycove, December 2025, 2025

Photograph on photo rag paper 

‘On a chilly December morning at the Forty Foot in Dublin Bay, I glanced in my rear view mirror and saw a man sitting in his car, bathed in the soft amber glow of sunlight, thawing out after a brisk winter swim. The image presented itself beautifully: the light, the face, the car window framed him, a picture of tranquillity, a moment of quiet joy frozen in time.’

Cricky Sea, Cuas an Ghainimh, Nollaig 2025, 2025

Grianghraf ar pháipéar ceirte grianghraif 

‘Ar maidin fhuar i mí na Nollag ag Cladach an Daichead Troigh i gCuan Bhaile Átha Cliath, chaith mé súil i mo scáthán siar agus chonaic mé fear suite ina charr, solas bog na gréine ag scaladh anuas air, agus an fhuacht ag imeacht óna chnámha i ndiaidh dó tamall gearr a chaitheamh ag snámh san uisce i rith an gheimhridh. Tháinig an íomhá chun solais ar bhealach álainn: an solas, an aghaidh, é frámaithe i bhfuinneog an chairr, é ar a sháimhín só, nóiméad aoibhnis ciúin ag
pointe ama ar leith.’

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